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The Valour and the Horror (1992)

The Valour and the Horror poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
Canada
Length
1 season, 3 episodes
Rated
B-15
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary miniseries examines specific battles from World War II in which Canada was involved. It presents the events and their impact through archival footage and expert commentary.

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What happens

The Valour and the Horror is a Canadian television documentary miniseries, which aired on CBC Television in 1992. The series investigated three significant Canadian battles from the Second World War and was a co-production between the CBC, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Galafilm Inc. The films were also broadcast by Radio-Canada, the French network of the CBC. The series was written by Brian McKenna, an award-winning journalist and founding producer of The Fifth Estate and his brother, Terence McKenna, and was directed by Brian McKenna. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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